U N Opens Ten Year Anniversary Talks On Peace
In San Francisco U S Ambassador Lodge and two UN delegates oppose Red China seat while marking the ten year anniversary. Dulles and Molotov attend as Big Four prep talks in Geneva loom.
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San Francisco
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N
Red China
United Nations
Lodge
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Charles A. Malik
Lebanon
Peiping
Senators pledge fight to restore funds for world exhibit ship
Sen. Anderson and Rep. Holifield vow a vigorous fight against Eisenhower administration plans to restore 21 million dollars for a world circling atomic powered exhibit ship. They critique a crash program risking scientists from other projects and assert the Atomic Energy Committee already削削.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
Holifield
D-Calif
Eisenhower
Ando
Holfield
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Associated Press
New York
House
Maritime ‘Ade
William and Mary students urge state probe into administration
Undergraduate leaders at the College of William and Mary appealed to the governor and General Assembly for a fullscale investigation of the school's administration. The ninepage report by student body president Ronald I. Drake and others was presented after their June 12 graduation.
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Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Virginia General Assembly
Ronald I. Drake
Hamilton
Ohio
Thomas M. Jeordan
Manila
Philippine Islands
W. Eugene Suess
Arlington
GOP Charges Political Raid on Social Security Plan
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee alleged Democrats press to boost social security benefits for women and disabled workers amounts to a political raid on the trust fund. They warned of a 25 percent tax increase to finance immediate benefits and lower eligibility ages, criticizing closed-door action by Chairman Cooper and a secretive Democratic plan.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Social Security Trust Fund
Cooper
D-Tenn
America
Democratic Committee
Rep
Baker
Tenn
Tragedy in Texas Storm Cellar Drowns Three Children
A wall of water from a violent thunderstorm swept into a farm storm cellar near Quanah, drowning Doris Allene aged 5, Thomas Truman 4, and Alma Dean 3 Emma Jean's twin after three others were saved. The Keeney family faced five inches of rain in an hour and total 54 inches. The storm damaged Quanah and nearby towns as more squall lines were forecast.
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Quanah
Tex
Upper
Texas
Holliday Creek
Wichita Falls
Little Sandy Creek
Dodson
Hollis
Okla
Texas Eastern Panhandle
Oklahoma
Ira Keeney
Elba
Keeneys
Keeney
Emma
Doris Allene
Thomas Truman
Alma Dean
Emma Jean
Garner Assures Denis His Support
Former Vice President John Nance Garner expressed strong backing for Paul Butler at a dawn meeting in Uvalde Texas. The public gathering included a porch chat with Garner’s family as Butler planned stops in Seguin and Houston to consult with party leaders and financiers.
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Uvalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
National Democratic
Paul Butler
Garner
Butler
National Party
Seguin
Hilda H. Weinert
Houston
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Three Motorcyclists Killed in Italian Race Crash
In Ancona Italy on June 19 during the Milan to Taranto motorcycle race three speeding riders died and three others plus a girl bicyclist were injured in the crash.
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Ancona
Italy
Milan-to-Taranto
Symington Sees U S Lagging in Air Power Classes
Sen. Symington warns the United States trails Soviet Russia in several air power categories as he attacks Eisenhower cutoff proposals for Army and Marine forces. He cites Air Force chief Gen. Twining on heavy jet bombers and cost of maintaining wings as the debate on a multibillion dollar defense bill continues.
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Symington
U. S
Russia
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Sen
D-Mo
United States
Soviet Russia
Air Force
Truman
Eisenhower
Marine Corps
Army
Vprynci
Senate
U.S
Soviet
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
Mother Of Slain Tots Near Death
Seattle reports a pregnant mother in critical condition after detectives link a brutal killing of two toddlers to a rolling pin and butcher knife found in the infant’s crib. The victims Thomas W. Reimers aged 5 and Gerald John Reimers aged 1 were slain, while Josephine Reimers 29 was wounded in the throat wrists and groin. Charles Reimers 30 returned home to find the crime and stated he cannot imagine the motive or perpetrator.
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Seattle
Thomas W. Reimers
Gerald John Reimers
Josephine
Charles Reimers
Harold Wieland
Reimers
Father Beats Odds To See His Baby On Fathers Day
Kansas City reports Steve Hicks, a 24 year old office worker, overcame a dire cancer diagnosis to meet his newborn son Stephen Hicks Jr. born at St. Luke's Hospital two hours after birth. Hicks, who married Jo Ann Lewis last June, faced a death sentence yet remained hopeful to see his child. On Fathers Day his condition worsened and he remained critically ill.
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Kansas City
Steve Hicks
Stephen Hicks Jr
St. Luke's Hospital
Steve
Hicks
Jo Ann Lewis
Jo Ann
Celler to push bill banning pay as you view TV
Representative Celler of New York plans a bill to prohibit pay as you see television arguing it would raise costs for families by 150 to 200 dollars yearly and blackout nonpaying viewers while siphoning top programs. He says the FCC may consider a viewer-pay model but condemns it as divisive and harmful to talent and supply.
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Washington
Celler
D-Ny
House
Judiciary One
Federal Communications Commission
Steel Workers to Learn U S Steel Pay Hike Plan Today
Pittsburgh June 19 The United Steel Workers will hear U S Steel Corp outline a wage increase for about 150 000 production workers as 1955 talks shift to a negotiating basis. The union seeks a substantial rise for 600 000 basic industry workers with all 96 firms already filed demands.
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Pittsburgh
i+0. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steel Workers
J. W. Abel
District 20
Erie Pa
USW
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Co
Defense officials press for more civil defense drills
Washington officials urge continued test drills after a nationwide H-bomb alert. Val Peterson warns people in danger zones to shelter now, while Rep. Hoffman argues against excess tests and calls for stronger defenses. Holifield supports public education and coordinated planning with military leaders.
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Washington
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Peterson
Clare Hoffman
R-Mich
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Aker
Mel
Holifield
Famine Strikes Libya After Harvest Failures and Locust Invasion
Government sources report 300000 Libyans need famine relief after three harvest failures and a record locust invasion. Libya plans to buy grain from foreign sources for local distribution at a rate of five thousand tons monthly.
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Tripoli
Libya
Spanish Prince Okayed For Military Academy
Zaragoza dispatch reports Prince Juan Carlos de Bourbon passed entrance exams for the Spanish Military Academy. The 17 year old son of Don Juan will enter a two year course at the academy starting next September.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Juan Carlos de Bourbon
Aime
Des
Spanish Military Academy
Don Juan
Four Bluefield residents rescued after 24 hours at sea
The Spahrs and two children from Bluefield West Virginia were saved after captain Durham of Wilmington North Carolina swam 350 yards to shore through heavy surf. Four Sanford North Carolina residents were aboard the 43-foot Trooper which ran out of gas near Myrtle Beach. The captain sent SOS Friday night and reached land by dawnwhile Holly Spahr, Pocahontas Fuel Company vice president, was among the survivors.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C
Bluefield
W. Va
Holly Spahr
Holly Jr
Bagby
Pender, Durham Jr
Wilmington
N. C
Sanford
Trooper
Durham
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Peron Forces Guard Catholics As They Go To Church
In Buenos Aires on June 19 Roman Catholics attended Sunday Mass under armed forces protection after a brief navy revolt. Gen. Franklin Lucero led security operations, with churches kept calm and sermons restrained. Government moves included dissolving the Marine Corps and Navy Air, awaiting interior ministry oversight for religious bodies, and efforts to restore normal life as trains and some services resumed.
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Peron
Buenos Aires
Franklin Lucero
Argentina
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Wes
Seadanertias
Navy
Marine Corps
Navy Air Force
Marine
Marines
Naval Ag
Senate
Ministry of Interior and Justice
Foreign Ministry
Plaza de Mayo
Navy Ministry
Army
Lucero
Anibal Olivieri
Samuel Toranzo Calderon
Benjamin Gargiulo
Gargiulo
Government House
Juan D. Peron
Metropolitan Cathedral
Playa de Mayo
Hoover Commission proposes sweeping changes in federal funds
The Hoover Commission urges a budget director as executive manager with new controls over spending and a shift to cost based budgeting. Estimated savings reach four billion dollars yearly, about six percent of total outlays, while three commissioners dissent citing practicality and expense concerns.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission
Hoover
Congress
Congressional
Executive Department
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Farley
West Waits For Return Of GI s
Western officials await the return of five former UN soldiers three Americans and two Belgians who left Communist China and may cross the border at Hong Kong Peiping radio said they changed their minds but gave no crossing details The Consulate in Hong Kong has border watch and a car on patrol The three Americans William A Cowart Otho G Bell and Lewis W G aim to live in Japan United States is their desired destination for Bell and G in Jacksonville Texas Cowart hails from Dalton Georgia
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Tokyo
United Nations
China
Peiping
Hong Kong
Repo
U.S
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Japan
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewis W. G
Jacksonville
Tex
United States
Subway Collision Near Coney Island Wrecks Brooklyns Lines
At Stillwell Avenue near Coney Island six cars derailed after a head on clash between two Sea Beach line trains. Thirty four passengers and eight subway employees suffered slight injuries as traffic halted for hours. Motorman Gleason was suspended pending a hearing. City Transit Authority blamed manpower failure after a train ran past a red signal.
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New York
Subway
Coney Island Beach
Brooklyn
Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit
Sea Beach
Manhattan
Stillwell Avenue Terminal
Gleason
Sidney H. Bingham
City Transit Authority
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V. M. Molotov
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